With three week left to play, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell is seriously threatening the NFL record for yards from scrimmage per game.
According to NFL Media Research, Bell is averaging 161.6 yards from scrimmage per game in 2016, which is just a few yards shy of Priest Holmes’ NFL record (163.4) for a single season.
Most scrimmage YPG, single season:
2002 Priest Holmes: 163.4
2016 Le'Veon Bell: 161.6
1975 O.J. Simpson: 160.2
2009 Chris Johnson: 156.8 pic.twitter.com/VXcRv5hbcy— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) December 15, 2016
Bell, who missed three games to start the 2016 season, gained a career-high 298 yards from scrimmage during the Steelers’ win over the Buffalo Bills last Sunday. He’s now averaging 206 yards from scrimmage over the last four games, all wins for the Steelers.
Bell also has over 100 yards from scrimmage in nine of his 10 games this season.
A few more big games to end 2016, and Bell can eclipse the former Kansas City Chiefs running back for the NFL record.
Back in 2002, Holmes averaged 115 rushing yards and 48 receiving yards per game during his record season. He finished with a bang, gaining almost 1,000 yards from scrimmage over Kansas City’s final five games.
According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Bell averages 128.5 yards from scrimmage over his NFL career, which is the most for any player with at least 40 career games.
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